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Zusatztext This book provides an ably written and detailed account of the evolution and development of education policy in the British zone of Germany between 1945 and 1949. Phillips carefully traces the complexities of policy-making! assessing the practical difficulties and constraints faced by the key protagonists as they tried to implement educational reconstruction informed by three main aims - denazification! re-education and democratisation. The book offers an extensive coverage of all levels of school education! as well as university and adult education. Informationen zum Autor David Phillips is Emeritus Professor of Comparative Education at the University of Oxford! UK! and an Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund Hall! Oxford! UK. It examines how Britain intervened in German education and social development in the years immediately following the Second World War. Zusammenfassung Educating the Germans examines the role of the British in the 'reconstruction' of education in occupied Germany from 1945 to 1949. It covers war-time planning for a future role in overseeing education at all levels in Germany, looks at policy and its implementation, describes the British personnel involved and their interaction with German authorities, and assesses the lasting effects of the British effort in securing the future development of education from Kindergarten to university in the emerging Federal Republic.Thoroughly researched and employing a wide range of sources in Britain and Germany, this is an important study for anyone looking to further their understanding of Germany, and Britain's relationship with Germany in the immediate post-war era. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction1. War-time Planning for Education in a Defeated Germany2. The Occupation and the Evolution of Control in Education3. Policy in Practice: Opening the Schools, Emergency Teacher Training, Re-educating Youth4. Policy in Practice: Opening and Supervising the Universities5. School Reform6. University Reform7. Culture, Adult Education, Women's Affairs8. The Achievements of British Occupation Policy in EducationBibliographyIndex...
